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Name: Bridgeport Energy

Bridgeport Energy

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Location: Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S.A.
Type of facility: Combined-cycle natural gas
Year commissioned: 1999
Owned Capacity: 520 MW
% Owned/Operated: 100/100


  • A modern, efficient facility with one of the lowest heat rates in the ISO New England market
  • Advanced emission control technologies, including selective catalytic reduction nitrogen oxide controls, to minimize environmental impacts
  • Adequate space to develop a peaking facility when market conditions warrant
  • Dispatches into the premium Southwest Connecticut Zone of the ISO New England market - as part of the New England Power Pool System
  • Has historically received payments for energy, capacity and ancillary services
  • Equipped with two Siemens V84.3A gas combustion turbines
  • Produces additional output from two Vogt/NEM Heat Recovery Steam Generators and one single-reheat condensing steam turbine
  • Electrical interconnection into the United Illuminating system is made via the Singer 345kV substation
  • Natural gas is supplied through a lateral to the Iroquois Gas pipeline system

 Last Updated: April 29, 2011